Coin-freed apparatus



T. B. DRYBROUGH. com FRED APFARATUS.

APPLlCATlON rLEo APR.23. 92o. Patented Dec' 13, 1921.

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To all whom it may conce n:

Be it known that I, THoMAs BINN'IE DnYnnoUGH, a subject of the King of Great ritain and Ireland, residing at Kensington, in the County of LondonEngland, have invented Tmprovements. in. Coin-Freed Apparatus, of which the'following is a specification. a

This invention relates to coin-freed appa-` ratusof the kind in which moving or changing pictures, figures, machines or the like are cxhibited upon the insertion of a. con. /Vhile it is 'desirable in order to attract custom, that the exhibits should be visible to, pass'ers-by, the revenue from such machines is liable to considerable curtailment if the exhibits when moving'or changing can 'beseen by nore'than one person at a time.

is combined with coin freed apparatus a curtain, screen, blind or the like device which, though` normally not obscuring the contents of the case in which the e'xhibits are aris adapted to be moved,` after the inserticn of a con, to such aposition-as-to prevent any View of the eXhibit being obtaincd except through a peep-hole'or holes so long as the cxhibit is'moving or changing.

,The means for actuating the curtain, screen, blind or the like device may be variously arranged. Thus where Clockwork or electrical mechanism freed by the inserted coin, is employed to move or change the exhibit, the said mechanism may be uarranged to move the curtain, screen, blind or the like so as to obscnre the view 'before or at the same time as the movement or changing of the eXhibit commences and to restore the curtain, screen, blind or the like to its normal .open position when the movement or changing of the eXhibit ceases.

Referring to the accompanying drawings Figure l is, a vertical sectional side View of con reed apparatus embodying thetinvention, Fig. 2 is a back elevation with parte of the casing broken away; 'Figs 3 and 4c are detail viewsand Fig. 5 is perspective View of from the apparatus.

The apparatus shown oomprises a casing a divided by 'a floor b into a lower compart ment c containing the con freed clockwork and an upper compartment d in which the exhibit (not shown) is located and which has 'a glazed front e. From the center of y Specificationof etters'r tent. E

According to the present invention there the movable screen detached the root ofthe -'upper pvots e f on which *are mounted parts of arms gcarry-ing at their free endstwo i partly circular 'shutters h '(Fgs. 1, 2 and5)*` Z pivoted at'the bottom of the compartment e JPatented nec. 13,1921.) i i Application file epril 23, 1929. Sera1"No,375 ,49. v Y

compartment depend c and 'provided with a weighted 'arm' m. v

tending to inove` it so as to turn the-shut&

tersjabouttheir pivots into a position' :in

which they will meet across the front of the casng and obscure the contents of peep holes h' which are then the distance' apart of a person s eyes. 'The lev'er is adapted to be moved thecom-` p artment d, except from inspectiomthrough at therequired times into the position shown by a cam n actu atedby suitable type. rangement is, illustrated in which' one arm of a bent lever 0, which acts as a stop to the clock mechanism, extends through slot across thecon chute` p.

`when the end of its other arm s in the path of across pin Q on the governor. fanspin' The weight: i

dle g' of'the clock me'chanism,

con freed clock-mechanism of any- By way ofexample an-'ar-` (Figs. 1 `and 4) of an inserted con moves the lever 0 clear" a of thepin g thus freeng the clock jmecha nism which at .once commences to rotatethe cam n and .thus tallow the lever l to move the shutters ,to thefront' of the comparb ment d. The lever o has pivoted to it a rod 1" that extends through a guide s fixed to the clock case and to the rod" is pivoted an elongated detent t working in a slot in the guide s, a, light spring u tending to draw the detent toward the rod and also to draw the lever 0 ntothe position shown in 1. On the same spindle as the cam n is a snail 'u provided with a crank pinw,

the snail being beneath the rod 7' with the pin u extending across the detent.

After being raised by the coin, the detent engages the guide s so as to clear the pin w, and holds the part-s in the position shown in Fig. 3 until the freed clock mechanism has rotated the' snail 1 and cam n back to the positions shown in Fig., l, by which time the cam will have moved the' lever l and the shutters and the pin w will have disengaged v the detent t from the guide s, thus allowing the lever 0 to rengage the pin g and stop the clock mechanism, the parts then au being in the positions shown in F ig. l. The snal v, which is adapted to act upon, the end of the rod r, is provided to insure the movement of the parts to the position shown in Fig. 3

?in the eventof the coin not having imparted sufficient movement of the lever 0 to efl'ect engagement of the detent with the guide and possibly being held in the:chute by the end of the'lever 0, it beingunderstood that the movement of the lever o has been enough to release themotor control pin g. The fact that in such a circumstancethe detent t may .be adapted to impart movement or change to the exhibit in any way that may be convenient and the means will vary according to the type of exhibit, the movements thereof or the change thereof, as by varied illumnation, that may be desired; for this reason an exhibit is not shown neither is any means for -moving or changing it. The timing of the opening and closing of the shutters is such that to obtain a full view of the exhibit during the period of movement or change it is necessary to view it through the peep holes in the closed shutters.

What I claim is l. Apparatus of the kind referred to, comprising a casing for exhibits, a screen provided with a peep hole arrangement and' means for moving the same from a position 'Where normally a free display of the exhibits results to a position such as to obscure the exhibits from the view of all but one individual at a time through such peep hole arrangement, coin freed mechanism adapted to operate the exhibits and said means and maintain the partial obscurity for a prede termined time, and means controlled by the coinv freed mechanism foroperating the exhibits during the period of partial obscurity.

2. Apparatus of the kind referred to, comprising a casing for the free display of eX- hibits, screening means normally occupying a position permitting the exhibits to be visble'to passerS-by, said screening means havng a peep hole arrangement, and coin freed change the appearance of such an exhibit,

general, at the same time bringing' and movable screening means, provided with a peephole arrangement, operated by such coin freed mechanism for `moving said screeningmeans from a position where normally it afi'ords a free View of the exhibits. to a position for obscuring vision' of the exhibit to allbut one individual during the time it is being modified andthereafter restoring the screening means to' normal position to remove the obscurity and restore the general visibilty.

4. Apparatus of the kind referred to, comprising a casng for eXhibits, a front through which the exhbits can be normally viewed by passers-by, a pair of shutters each having a permanently open peep hole and normally arranged behind the' exhibits, and coin freed mechanism whereby said shutters can be moved to temporarily close the front, bringing the peep holes together the distance 'apart of a persons eyes.

Signed at consulate of the United States of'Amerca, Republic of France, city' of Lyon, this2nd day of April, 1920,

I THOMAS BINNIE DRYBROUGL 

